This is a list of the members of the

Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Senate. Its composition and powers are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia. The term of members of the ...

in the Third Australian Parliament, which was elected on 12 December 1906. In 1909 the

Anti-Socialist Party The Free Trade Party which was officially known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, also referred to as the Revenue Tariff Party in some states, was an Australian political party, formally organised in 1887 in New South Wales, ...

(previously Free Trade) and most of the

Protectionist Party The Protectionist Party or Liberal Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1887 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. The party advocated protective tariffs, arguing it would allow Australi ...

merged to become the

Commonwealth Liberal Party The Liberal Party was a parliamentary party in Australian federal politics between 1909 and 1917. The party was founded under Alfred Deakin's leadership as a merger of the Protectionist Party and Anti-Socialist Party, an event known as the Fu ...

Notes

* These candidates were elected unopposed.
† These Divisions were created at the 1906 redistribution. # The Anti-Socialists were known as the

Free Trade Party The Free Trade Party which was officially known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, also referred to as the Revenue Tariff Party in some states, was an Australian political party, formally organised in 1887 in New South Wales, ...

before the 1906 election. In 1909, the Anti-Socialists, the Protectionists and the Western Australia Party merged to form the

. # In 1908 the Labor Party became officially known as the

Australian Labour Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms the ...

(ALP). # Thomas Brown was first elected in 1901 to the Division of Canobolas, which was abolished at the 1906 redistribution. # John Chanter rejected the Commonwealth Liberal Party merger and joined the ALP. # There was no national

organisation in 1906. Members categorised as "Protectionist" were those who accepted the leadership of Alfred Deakin. # George Fairbairn was endorsed by the Anti-Socialists, but campaigned as an independent Protectionist. He did not sit with the Anti-Socialists. # The two Western Australia Party members were considered to be independent conservatives. # James Fowler defected from the ALP to the Commonwealth Liberal Party at the time of the merger. # Frederick Holder died in 1909. He was replaced at a by-election on 28 August 1909 by Richard Foster a Commonwealth Liberal Party candidate. # Charles Kingston died in 1908. He was replaced at a by-election on 13 June 1908 by Ernest Roberts, a Labor candidate. # Sir William Lyne rejected the Commonwealth Liberal Party merger and became an independent. # Samuel Mauger was first elected in 1901 to the

Division of Melbourne Ports The Division of Melbourne Ports was an Australian federal electoral division in the inner south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was located to the south of Melbourne's central business district and covered an area of appro ...

, which was abolished at the 1906 redistribution. # In 1907 Albert Palmer's election was declared void. He was re-elected in a by-election on 10 July 1907. # John Quick was endorsed by the Anti-Socialists, but sat as an independent. # Sydney Sampson was endorsed by the Anti-Socialists, but sat as an independent. # David Storrer rejected the Commonwealth Liberal Party merger and became an independent. # Chris Watson was first elected in 1901 to the

Division of Bland The Division of Bland was an Australian electoral division in New South Wales. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. It was abolished in 1906. It was name ...

, which was abolished at the 1906 redistribution. # George Wise rejected the Commonwealth Liberal Party merger and became an independent. {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1906-1910 Members of Australian parliaments by term 20th-century Australian politicians